Striker Kylian Mbappe wants to stay at PSG until the summer of 2024 to receive a loyalty bonus, and will receive the first half of this amount on July 31.
According to Spanish newspaper AS, Mbappe will receive half of the loyalty fee he will receive if he stays at PSG next season – if he remains a club player on July 31. This is why PSG want to settle the future of the French striker before this deadline.
Mbappe in the PSG shirt for the season 2022-2023. Photo: AFP
July 31 is also the deadline for Mbappe to activate the one-year extension clause. Before the 2022 summer transfer window opened, PSG announced a three-year contract extension with Mbappe. But in fact, this contract is only valid for two years, with the final year clause that needs to be activated by Mbappe and is only valid until the end of July 31, 2023. Last month, the 24-year-old striker announced that he would not activate that extension clause, meaning he would be free to leave PSG in June 2024.
The 2018 World Cup winner will lose $67 million if he doesn’t change his mind. Under the terms of the contract, Mbappe will receive a bonus of $ 67 million and two loyalty fees, including $ 80 million for the first year and $ 90 million for the second year.
According to AS, PSG wants to end the incident within the next week to avoid losing $ 45 million for Mbappe. But this striker is holding the advantage at the negotiating table, wants to stay and receive the full $ 163 million in the last year of the remaining contract, including salary and loyalty fees. Mbappe’s mother and agent, Fayza Lamari, are expected to meet PSG’s board of directors in Paris next week to re-affirm that his son will not renew his contract.
Real Madrid is still Mbappe’s most potential destination. According to Spanish news site Relevo, PSG is considering a solution to sell Mbappe to Real in January 2024 – a move that benefits all three parties. This deal, if it happens, will help Mbappe receive a loyalty fee, PSG avoid losing the biggest star in a free form in the summer of 2024, and Real will not pay a large fee like the activation of the blockbuster in this transfer period.
But Relevo stressed the deal depends on the transfer fee that PSG ask for Mbappe. Real know it can sign the French striker on a free form six months later, and have not made a final decision on the possibility of recruiting Mbappe in January 2024.
On July 17, Mbappe will return to Paris to join forces and meet new coach Luis Enrique for the first time. Most likely, he will join the whole team to Japan to start the summer tour, where they will meet Al Nassr – Cristiano Ronaldo’s team – on July 25, Cerezo Osaka on July 28 and Inter Milan on August 1. .
